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            in 1986, authorized the expenditure of $15,294,000 to “Construct                            
            33 miles of 500 KV transmission line from proposed Corbett                                  
            Substation to Martin Plant.”78                                                              
                  ER No. 1224, approved in 1986, authorized $16,599,430 to                              
            construct the Corbett substation, a “500/230 kV air insulated                               
            substation”.  ER No. 1249, approved in 1986, authorized the                                 
            expenditure of $4,412,159 to construct approximately 11 miles of                            
            double circuit 230-kV transmission line.79  ER No. 2383, approved                           
            in 1987, authorized the expenditure of $896,375 to construct                                
            approximately 2.5 miles of double circuit 230-kV transmission                               
            line looping the Orange River-Ranch 230-kV line into the Corbett                            
            substation.  ER No. 1984, approved in 1987, authorized the                                  
            expenditure of $113,550 to, inter alia, “Convert the Ranch No. 2,                           
            230kV line to Corbett 230kV line.”  ER No. 1479, approved in                                
            1986, authorized the expenditure of $94,840 for the Orange River                            
            subrelaying equipment for the Corbett 230-kV line.  ER No. 1778,                            
            approved in early 1987, authorized the expenditure of $593,620 to                           
            upgrade a portion of the “230 kV yard at Ranch Substation * * *                             
            to accommodate the Corbett No. 1 and No. 2, 230 kV lines.”                                  


                  78 Mr. Sanders testified that this expenditure requisition                            
            was approved in 1986, and construction began after such approval.                           
            He also testified that FPL started receiving power under the                                
            Southern company contracts before the construction of the                                   
            property.                                                                                   
                  79 Mr. Sanders testified that the Southern company contracts                          
            did not specifically identify the property listed in ER No. 1249.                           




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